ROVING JAY

This gesture drawing tutorial had some good tips for developing urban sketching people skills

If you only have 15 minutes, try this YT tutorial from Toby Urban Sketch for 4 quick tips.

It doesn’t matter what subject or object you draw. It’s all good practice. Here’s a random selection of mine.

Here’s a couple of urban sketchers I discovered this month with simple sketching styles

The beginning of my 365 Day of Urban Sketching People. Follow along on my journey to master capturing people live.

My sketch of a local wine bar featured in East Algarve Magazine.

My Algarve Urban sketches on show at a Tavira Market exhibition

Even for a quick little getaway, I still pack a sketch book and set of pens. Here’s what I took to Coimbra.

Here’s some tips for practicing sketching small and tiny figures to include in your urban sketches to add a sense of scale and context to the scene. Limiting your canvas size helps you to practice reducing the level of detail necessary. I created a list of tips that can be incorporated into your practice sessions, and share some of the challenges I encountered to help you resolve some of the hurdles you may face when sketching these tiny figures.

I painted the same scene in two styles—Wobbly urban sketch and precise studio sketch.

First train trip to explore Faro and photograph buildings and scenes that inspire me to sketch.

I joined #tekenuurtje for the first time this week. It’s one of the few Draw This in Your Style challenges that features people.

I am the featured article in this quarter’s magazine Relish Portugal. Check out my contribution here.

A recap of my first urban sketching event with the Algarve group at the Tavira Market, where we were sketching scenes to be used at the Mediterranean Diet Festival later in the year. I also did some colour mixing to create a complimentary and cohesive colour to depict Tavira stone on the local buildings.

Our first trip to the Vila Real de Santo Antonio flea market via train.

Your choice of boat taxis to take you from the mainland to the sand bar beach at Cabanas de Tavira

Picking up the pieces and making new memories and plans after the loss of my Mum.

More people sketches for my one week 100 challenge 2021. I sketched figures on public transport, at cafes and at the local farmer’s market. I also had a go at a bit of reportage.

My Sketcher Spotlight on urban sketcher Suhita Shirodkar, and a review of her figure sketching made simple class. Looking at line of action, drawing verbs, and exaggerating gestures. It’s all about identifying shapes, and making your figures expressive and loose

A collection of travel sketches from Cambodia that I did a couple of years after the trip, using photos I took during our Workaway adventures. Ink sketches of buildings, people, beaches, and

Introducing Sylvie Sunshine I introduced Sylvie Sunshine in my guest post for Romancing the Genres, and after getting some positive…

My first Sylvie Sunshine: Life’s a Beach (until it’s a bitch) sketch Romancing The Genres is a collaboration of writers (from…

I’ve always thrived on change, which what drove me to my current lifestyle. Find out where it came from.

Sketching at a Sunday concert series in Santa Monica with The California Feetwarmers.